Taraxacum microcephaloides Soest Ebem Çıtlığı (in Turkish)

Taraxacum microcephaloides Soest - Ebem Çıtlığı (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Plant base hairy. Leaves ± glabrous, lobate; side lobes triangular. Involucre often reddish, c. 6 mm broad, 8−10 mm long; outer phyllaries narrowly triangular, often pale green or with a white margin and a dark green central field. Ligules with violet-grey stripes on outside. Stigmas dirty yellow, blackish in dried condition. Achenes straw-coloured; beak shorter than achene body or slightly longer, thin; pappus 4 mm, slightly brownish.

 

Flowering time: (June−)July−August.

Habitat: Mountainous regions, 950−2700 m.

 

Reference:
Van Soest JL (1975). Taraxacum microcephaloides van Soest, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 794.

Public Description:

Taraxacum microcephaloides, is an endemic species to Türkiye and known as “ebem çıtlığı” in Turkish. It is a perennial small plant with yellow flowers. It blooms between June and August and is found in mountainous areas. The Latin genus name “Taraxacum” derives from the Arabic to Persian “talkh chakok” meaning “bitter herb”. The species (epithet) name is also derived from the combination of the words "micro" and "-cephaloides" in Latin and depicts "small headed" flowers.

 

References:

Ekim T (2012). Taraxacum Zinn. In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 207–210.

Van Soest JL (1975). Taraxacum microcephaloides van Soest, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 794.